Compact microstrip lowpass filter with sharp roll-off and wide stop-band

A microstrip lowpass filter with enhanced performance is developed. The studied filter is based on a novel patch resonator that features strong slow-wave effects, and can also implement either an improved roll-off or an enhanced stop-band. A demonstrator filter with 3 dB cutoff frequency fc ? 2.4 GHz is optimally designed, fabricated and measured. Results indicate that a roll-off of 92.5 dB/GHz together with a relative stop-band bandwidth of 135.5% (referred to a 30 dB suppression) is obtained while achieving a highest figure-of-merit of 10106. Both simulations and measurements are presented and compared.